Posted Jun 18, 2007, 9:50 pm
I'm Sylphide, a young elf !! I'm new to the site and very impatient to travel ! Let me tell you how I discovered how to become a ToyVoyager...
Some weeks ago, I was in the "Jardin des plantes" in Toulouse, a beautiful garden, where I like to spend my time... I was playing leapfrog with Philéas and Monsieur Kicks, 2 friends of mine, when suddenly a kind of blue moose approached us and entered into conversation with us. He told us he was not a moose, but a "bramaboula", whose name was Sébastien. He was looking for his likes, but didn't know how and where to find them. According to Philéas who knows much about animals specimens, he had no chance to find some of them here in France. Then, Philéas told us there was a website, ToyVoyagers.com, where humans are hosting toys in different countries. He thought it could be a good way for Sébastien to travel without having to seek for food or sleeping, and that he will maybe meet others "bramaboula" during his trips abroad...
We talked a lot, seated in one of the Jardin des Plantes little train carriage.
It gave me an idea : why couldn't I travel around the world too ? It's now a long time since I've been living here in Toulouse, and I would like to meet others fantastic creatures as me !! So I went to the CyberCafé, I registered myself on the site and here I am !
Here, you can see Sébastien, Philéas, Monsieur Kicks and me in the train carriage.
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I arrived in Nice in this really small box, thankfully I had a book to read to pass the time! Mistigree sent some sweets for KanaPoutz, and I really had to control myself not to eat them, and I didn't!
It was nice to stretch my legs and my wings after the trip.
Posted Jul 4, 2007, 8:19 pm
I was really excited to get to meet so many people, and to get to attend this big release event!
KanaPoutz had 14 books of her own to release, and she also received some from Spain and Italy, so there was quite a pile!
There was this book in Italian I started reading (yes, I can read Italian!), it looked interesting.
Posted Jul 4, 2007, 8:24 pm
In the morning when it was still quiet, I got to meet Pookie! He's BCer EnigmaGryphon's friend, and also the mascot in Nice!
We swapped lots of BC stories. I was really glad to meet him, and already sad that we would only spend 1 day together, but that's what being a voyager means! Pookie was moving to Brittany a few days after the MBC, maybe I'll get the chance to visit him there?
Then it was time to go, and i was ready!
Posted Jul 8, 2007, 1:36 pm
Look at the plate of starters!
And those things that look like chips : they're not! They're made with chickpea flour, like the traditionnal Socca.
It was all delicious.
This is a photo with me and a plate of Socca, that was the day after the MBC :
Here is me and the BCers I had lunch with!
After lunch we had an other walk around the old town, and then we made our way to the castle hill, where we were going to release all our books!
Here I am in front of the artificial waterfalls, it was very refreshing on this hot day!
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After 2 hours on the hill, we were all happy to meet at the top and sit down to get a nice cold drink!
Not everyone had arrived yet when we took this photo :
The BCers are all so friendly, I'm glad I'm part of this and I hope I will meet more of them all around the world.
This is CurlyClochette, she lives in Nice and is a good friend of kana's.
I also got to meet Tigrou, he is also travelling around, but always with Toflabeuze, this is all 3 of us :
This fantastic day ended with a picnic on the beach in the evening : takeaway pizzas and lots of drinks.
It was a bit cold because of the wind, but we were all happy to be together!
Posted Jul 8, 2007, 1:46 pm
So we went to the beach, and I kind of fell asleep while the others were in the sea...
It was windy again, my wings were flapping around!
Well, that was a great week-end, and it took us a few days to recover...!
Posted Jul 15, 2007, 1:37 pm
On the 30th June, I went on a trip with Kana and some friends of hers! We went to the Euro Jeep Camp : it's a European gathering of Jeep owners, for 3 days. This year it was taking place in the Ardèche.
So off we went, travelling with this big Jeep! This is taken on the motorway (it took us 4 hours to get there)
Then as we were getting closer, we were on smaller roads, and there were lots of sunflower fields! I just love flowers and these are really wonderful!
Posted Jul 19, 2007, 11:05 am
During the week-end, we went on several trips with the car, going through the forest or the hills. Lots of Jeep cars!
Kana and here friends did some kayak down the Ardèche river for a short time, but I didn't go with them, I'm not that fond of water...
The scenery was amazing, here is the Pont de l'Arc, a very famous landmark
We saw a few signs in the area advertising honey sales, but unfortunately we did not have time to stop, si I could not check it out to find out more about honey making and all that...
Posted Jul 19, 2007, 11:08 am
We did some funny driving with the car. It was a bit scary, but real fun!
It was a fun week-end, full of adventure!
Posted Jul 21, 2007, 3:34 pm
There were 8 people and me, and not that many books!
It was a nice location, at a beach : the Blue Beach (my favorite color!).
Posted Jul 21, 2007, 3:40 pm
After this fun time with Kanapoutz, it was time for me to get moving! Unfortunately, I did not complete any of my missions, but maybe soon?
My next host is florazoom. I was leaving from kana's workplace, and as she works in a perfume factory, she had a perfume made just for me!
Just on the day I left, Kuma arrived! We did not really have time to talk...
Posted Jul 23, 2007, 8:40 pm
see ya !
Posted Jul 23, 2007, 9:20 pm
I red some pages from the last Harry Potter (in English of course),
I met Fusco and Blaze, they're so cool !!!
I heard "Abesses" by Birdy Nam Nam, Fusco lend me an iPod.
Now I'm going to sleep !
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Tomorrow I'll travel again, so I have to sleep now ! Bye bye !
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In ther afternoon, we visited the old part of Fribourg. First of all, we went on the top of the tower of the Cathedral St-Nicolas... 368 steps, 80m. Pfiouh
The tower is so high that we can see all Fribourg. The old part where a Mega Bookcrossing took place 5 days go, the modern which is quite awful and where Swiss_sunshine lives.
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Fribourg is a billingual city French / German that's why most of the streets names are in both languages. Nice, isnt'it?
During the break, I ate a little of chocolate because in Switzerland, they made the best chocolate of the world
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I prefered watching the first season of LOST!!! Oh my God, I think I'm in love
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There were a lot of people so we had to wait a lot
Swiss Sunshine had to hid me in her bag because I was too little to go on roller coasters
We got wet on the "Poseidon" and on the rafting. We got scared on the "Euro Sat", a big big ball and inside, it's dark and there's a great rollercoaster!
Posted Sep 21, 2007, 2:39 pm
After the meal, Swiss Sunshine a I went to the biggest and the scariest thing of Europa Park: the "Silver Star!" Glups, I'll never do it again!!
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Prince Charming,
Shark, the Killer
Mäusli, the mascot of Europa Park
Posted Sep 21, 2007, 2:47 pm
A part of the "Berliner Wall" and the typical "thing" that we can see near every Biergaten of Germany. I don't really know how the call this...
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But they showed me the front of the palace of Karlsruhe and some other views out of the car.
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At home again Ralf bought some bread, while Petra took two photos with us.
The red house is the new part of the old people's house. It was opened for moving in in 2007.
On the left side you see the old part of the old people's house of Bruchsal. The house with the tower is the private grammar school St.Paulusheim.
Posted Jan 17, 2008, 8:59 pm
We had to sit on the table in the livingroom until our host fetched us and showed us a little package. We helped to unwrap it and do you know, who came out of it? It was Hoppity from the USA! Hoppity is a very cute bunny and we all fell in love with her at once.
Posted Jan 17, 2008, 9:04 pm
At first they dress as the three kings and the star carrier and some little followers, who carry the bags. The children collect money for poor children all over the world and they receive a lot of sweets too. The adults prepare lunch for them and bring something to drink and eat to them, while they are walking from house to house. They also empty the bag, because these are getting really heavy. I saw some and have been very astonished, especially when we came back to the parish hall and I saw all these full bags, that the kids received at the end of the two days.
All toyvoyagers had been allowed to be with the children, while they sorted out their sweets in the livingroom. They all had a lot of fun. I believe, that this amount of sweets will last until next Christmas - like every year as my host said.
Posted Jan 17, 2008, 9:52 pm
You have a nice view from there.
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The Letzenberg is a place of pilgrimage since 1296 A.D. It is told, that already then there stood a chapel. 1722 A.D. prince-bishop Damian Hugo Philipp, Graf (Count) of Schönborn collected for a chapel, but without success.
In the year 1903 A.D. the chapel was built and consecrated.
When we were there, we had some wonderful views over Malsch and the vineyards, too.
On our way home we watched a wonderful sunset.
Posted Jan 21, 2008, 9:06 pm
The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (also known as Candlemas or Feast of the Purification of the Virgin) celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Presentation is a feast celebrated on 2 February and is the fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary.
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Then we had our first date for a group photo.
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The first place we visited was the Belvedere, which was a former hunting lodge. Now it is a place for summer outside theatre and summer feasts.
Next to the Belvedere is a lovely small park with beautiful trees. The grammar school, that is close by too, uses this park as playground.
This fountain is in the middle of the park.
When you walk out of the park, you have a wonderful view over Bruchsal. Of course we haven't had that wonderful weather.
From left to right you see the towers of the former castle called Bergfried, the tower of the city church "Unsere Liebe Frau" and of the Lutherkirche. The flat roof belongs to the new part of the older peoples' house.
On this photo you see the baroque church St.Peter and the house Sancta Maria, which are both close to the house, where I'm staying right now.
The house next to us with the flat roof and the white big house in the far is the older people's house. The grey house in the far on the left side is a private grammar school called St.Paulusheim.
Then we went to the palace of Bruchsal. It was completely destroyed during the second world war but rebuilt in the 70th.
Here you see a view to the gate Damianstor.
When you just turn around on the place you can see the mainbuilding of the palace on the right side. The left part is the church St. Damian and Hugo, where my hosts are going to service on Sundays. Behind the church you see the tower of the church.
This is the county court of Bruchsal.
Again turning around on the place you see the entrance to the mainbuilding.
We went into the church and I saw the nice crib. Unhappily the photo didn't come out well enough, but I hope, we will go there again and take another one.
In the church you can see some photos of the palace and church before and right after the war. The church was beautiful inside, but now it is only painted in white. Of course the costs would have been much too expensive to make everything as it had been before the war.
Here you see a photo of the palace area.
When we came out of the church, we looked back to the county court on the right and the Damianstor on the left side. Next to the Damianstor you maybe see a red thick tower, this it the tower of the jailhouse.
The building in my back is the backside of the church. And you see the tower of the church, too.
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Here are a view impressions of the procession. Petra said, that it was just too much time between the groups, that came along the way.
Posted Jan 31, 2008, 10:59 am
The weather was foggy, so of course I couldn't see the Palatine mountains and very far into the Rhine valley. But at least I saw a part of Bruchsal in the far.
The quarry pond belongs to Untergrombach. Petra liked to swim there, when she was younger.
The houses you see on the right side belong to Untergrombach. It was getting dark rather quickly.
This is the nice chapel called "Michaelskapelle".
It was rather cold there and windy. So we hurried to go back to the car. We took the last photo, while sitting in the car. It is a view to another suburb of Bruchsal, Obergrombach. And you see the Kraichgau hill country. I saw it much better than you do on this photo. It was just too dark already.
Posted Jan 31, 2008, 12:54 pm
Suddenly a hand grapped Hoppity and me. I looked at the face and I saw a really young captain Jack Sparrow. Shock!!!!
I needed a while until I was able to open my eyes and to look in that face again. Phew, was I happy to see, that it only was my hosts son, who was dressed up as Jack Sparrow for his school carnival.
Posted Feb 5, 2008, 5:31 pm
Oh yes, I nearly forgot to tell you, that I had been so nervous, that I crawled into the wrong envie!!! Petra had to hold me and put me into the right box.
Posted Feb 5, 2008, 5:38 pm
Nevertheless we can see them here and some other photos with witches, which are very important for carnival in Germany and a music group, which plays Guggenmusik - a music, that you only can listen to but not explain and some more.
Posted Feb 8, 2008, 11:57 am
It was great to have you here.
Have a nice time with Pandamao now.
Posted Feb 8, 2008, 10:11 pm
Besides me and Tenderheart Bear also Snegovik had arrived at the same day. And so great to see Bartélémy - he told me that he had quite a nice time in Munich seeing some graffiti and even a Gothic shop. We'll have a lot of fun
Posted Feb 10, 2008, 11:55 pm
This is what I read about the cemetery:
It is a little known fact that Munich's oldest green area is 450 years old, that it's in the heart of town and that it's a cemetery - the Alter Südfriedhof. The cemetery is something of a conservation area and bears unique testimony to the city's cultural history. Its romantically overgrown graves, tombs and mausoleums pay homage to distinguished Munich figures - artists, architects, master builders and scientists.
In the plague year 1523 graveyards within the city walls were so overfilled that a new cemetery - the "Äußerer Freithof" - was opened outside the city gate at the Sendlinger Tor. The cemetery wall and all the buildings were later destroyed as a preventative military measure in the Thirty Years War. Well into the 18th century the cemetery was looked on as a poor man's burial ground. In 1844, a new section designed by Gärtner was added and it continued to be Munich's central burial ground up to 1868.
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Some of the graves are inside the back wall of the houses. And windows pop up between the statues on the graves.
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Today it's Easter Monday and Pandamao went to this little town in the Oberpfalz to see her dad and she took me along.
We walked along the street and wondered what was going on in that little park opposite. When we came closer we saw that it was an "Easter fountain". In this part of Bavaria it's the custom to decorate the fountains with Easter eggs. There must be hundreds or thousands of eggs here. They really look beautiful.
Posted Mar 28, 2008, 10:46 pm
I also met some local bears. We had a nice conversation about TVs and traveling the world but the Bavarian bears did not want to join. Seems, that they would miss their Sunday morning beer Stammtisch (regulars' table) at the Hofbräuhaus too much.
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I blended in perfectly and enjoyed the meeting, looking at all the bookshelves in the pub.
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Bene, Meleleuca, Chompers and Tony where allready there!
We had a short talk, hugged each other for the first... and the last time, because Bene and Chompers were going to there next hosts!
I hope I have a great time overhere!
Hug Sylphide and Lejow
Posted Apr 20, 2008, 8:52 pm
What a big surprise, today when we came out of bed.. The sun was FINALLY shining!! And not even a little, no no the sun was shining so much and so warm!!
We immidiatly went in the car to go to the Beach, we went to Kijkduin!
We went walking and sitting on the pier, it was a little scary because the water came a little closer every minute!
The sea
When it came to close, we decided to go sit on the beach.. Did I get a little tan?
We even made cookies of sand!!
Then it was time to go home.
Lejow wanted to make Roti today, a typical dish from Surinam, wich Lejows loves very very much.
It is hard to cook, with al the herbs and stuff..
It is a dish with the roti (pancake like food), chicken, unions, potatoes, and long beans.
So she followed the recepie and here we went..
chicken
potatoes
DINNERRRR TIMMEEE
It tasted very nice, but the taste wasn't even close to the real roti made by Surinam people
Maybe next time.. she just has to practise I think haha!
As you can see in the picture we ate at the balkony, it was such nice weather. We enjoyed the sun
Unfortunate the weekend is over allready, and it is time for us to sleep now
Hug
Sylphide and Lejow
Posted Apr 25, 2008, 4:15 pm
Unfortunate Lejow has the flu
So we stayed inside the last couple of days!
Lejow is a big fan of Greys Anatomy (a serie on tv about people who work in a hospital), she had a lot of time to watch it now!!
And because she still has a lot to do for her school, I decided to help her!
Boy.. that Dutch language is difficult!
Hug
Sylphide and Lejow
Posted Apr 28, 2008, 7:35 pm
This weekend Lejow finally was feeling better, so she went to see her boyfriend in Rotterdam.
She let me drive the car!
I was tired of the ride, so we went to sleep in the bed of Lejows boyfriend
Sunday, we went to The Hague, to see the Binnenhof, were al the ministers are working and discussing and stuf.
It is a big beautiful building, with a lot of towers. And in each tower a Minister is Working
In the biggest tower (not on the pictures) Minster Balkenende is working, he is the most important one!
He kinda runns the Netherlands, together with our Queen.
And this is the 'Ridderzaal', every year on the third tuesday of September, its 'Prinsjesdag' the Queen reads then the 'Troonrede'. It says were al the money has gone to past year, and how they going to do it next year.
It's an important speach
This day.. Lejow had a Suprise for us.. She was not totally beter, but well enough to buy a NINTENDO WII!!!!
So we went to the store, and everywhere its sold out, but in one store, they had one for us!!
We immediatly bought a game with it, and lejow let us play!
It is sooo cool, but you become tired so fast, you have to move your whole body!
Now Lejow is going to play further so I'm going to watch!
Hug
Sylphide and Lejow
Posted May 2, 2008, 10:22 pm
I am having a great time over here!!
Wednesday the 30th of april we celebrated Queens Day. It's a national day and we celebrate the queens birthday.
Only not of the queen at this moment, Queen Beatrix, but from her mother, Queen Julana.
When Beatrix became Queen, the date of Queensday stayed the same.
Everyone (ok almost everyone) weares something orange this day, thats the national color of the Netherlands
We watched the Queen on the Television
Cool oranje stuff don't you think?
Thursday we went to Eryah in Alkmaar, it was a long drive.
But when we came there it was a lovely weather, so all of us (look how many!!) went sitting and lying down in the sun
I've met Iggykorn, Lillebi, Davy and Willy Wau and I saw Bene again!!!
Hug Syl and Lejow
Posted May 6, 2008, 2:07 pm
This week Tony went to the next host and a new TV arrived, when we opened the envelope, not one, but two TV's came out!!
They are Hottie and Nottie, just married !!!
Today it is may 4th. A very special day for the Netherlands.
At the 5th of may, 63 years ago, the World War II ended.. And today is the day that everybody in Holland rembers the people that had died in that War.
Not only the people, but also all the soldiers that served our country.
On every TV station, round a quarter before 8, the remembrance of the death begin.
In Amsterdam, on the Dam, the Queen (Beatrix) and her Son (Prince Willem Alexander) put down flowers as a remembrence of the people who died.
Playing music on the trumpets
At exactly 8 o clock, everybody (ok at least a lot of people) have two minutes sillence, to let everybody know it is 8 a clock, someone plays a special song on a trumpet.
See the queen and her son laying down the special flowers.
It was a special day, it let me think about the war, and all the people who died. Even if it's 63 years ago, it's important to allways remember it.
Hug
Sylphide and Lejow
Posted May 8, 2008, 7:48 pm
We don't know what's happening.. The whole week is such beautiful weather!!
De dutch people arren't just to this kind of weather in May :P
So we went cycling.
Lejow showed us the glass warehouses. Those are typical for the area she is living in : 'Het Westland'.
In the glass warehouses, they are growing a lot of things. From plants, to vegetables (roses, paprikas, tomatoes, etc. etc.)
And this is the village she is living in, Poeldijk!
Hug
Sylphide and Lejow
Posted May 10, 2008, 6:38 pm
Today Lejow found her balcony a little bit boring, so we went to a gardencentre, to buy all kinds of plants and flowers..
We worked very hard, but the results where beautiful!
She even bought a strawberryplant!
Hug from us
Sylphide and Lejow
Posted May 14, 2008, 2:50 pm
This week had to say goodbye to Meleleuca After a long stay in the Netherlands, he is going to France now!
To 'celebrate' his goodbye, we went sitting on the balkony yesterday evening. The weather in Holland is still nice and warm. So even on 10 o clock in the evening it was nice to sit outside (and that is rarely!)
Today, when he was ready to leave and crawl in the envelope.. The doorbell rang!!
It was a big envelope.. What is in it??
We decided to take a look
Hellllooo???
It was Pimboli Who came out!!
We had a short talk, and a big hug, and than Mele's time had really really come.
Bye Meleleuca, enjoy France!!
Big hug
Sylphide and Lejow
Posted May 15, 2008, 3:26 pm
Here it is then.. my last update from Lejows home!!
I wanted to crawl in my envelope, but before I could, Lejow told us she had a last suprise!!!
The first 2 strawberries from her own strawberryplant where ready to eat!'
So we all take a bite, they were Jummiiee!!
then it was time for me, to say goodbye to Hottie, Nottie and Pimboli
ByeBye Lejow!
Last hug
Sylphide and Lejow
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Posted May 16, 2008, 9:12 pm
And now I'm going to rest a little from the journey. It wasn't a very long distance, but I'm still feeling a bit nauseous from the rides in the trucks together with the rest of the mail. I'm gonna chat with my two new friends here and tell them all about my journeys.
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Posted May 17, 2008, 11:10 am
"Sylphide, Sylphide wake up!" I woke up and was a bit confused for a moment. Where was I? Who was this white bear tugging at my wings? "Sylphide, there's a message for you!" Now I was even more confused. A message in this strange place? For me? "Yes, look, it has your name on it."
Yeah, this white bear was right. It is a message and it has my name on it. "Where did it come from?" "This really strange man delivered it. He looked like a wizard! He said I was to give it to you in person and to no one else. Now, quickly, read it." So that's what I did.
Wow! A quest for wisdom, for me? That's exactly what faeries do, right? They do quests! And now I get to do one! I was so excited! I quickly searched around the house for the first clue. I decided to ask this nice couple for help. They told me I had done right to come to them, because they had the first lesson for me.
Okay, giving and taking, I can see what they mean by that. Let's go find the next one.
Ah, that's a wise lesson for a little faerie like me. I'm not that strong, but I can persevere. Let's ask that big fluffy orange guy on top of the closet there, maybe he's got something to say.
Hmm, I shouldn't quit trying then, I don't want to be a loser of course!
He looks like that guy who was with Santa! I believe there's even a song about him with his red nose. I should talk with him some time. Maybe he knows about Santa's elves.
Outside I found this mouse. I believe he's right. But I already try to be friends with everyone I meet, and being a ToyVoyager, I meet lots of new friends all around the world!
That's exactly a quote I expected from him. He looks so happy all the time. He's surely looking up all the time and maybe I should do the same.
Of course these English bears wanted to give me a famous English quote. And again, I think there's some truth in their quote. What if I had stayed at home and stayed in a closet or on a shelf somewhere. That would have been awful! I'm so glad I'm a TV with hosts to take care of me and love me while I'm staying with them.
Hey, he's the black and white creature from China from my message! And he seems very wise indeed.
"And, Syphilde, what have you learned from this quest?" "Wow, I learnt so much! I learnt to be friends with people, to never give up, that it is important to be looking up and love is important. And so many more things as well, I can't even repeat them all! "Well, I think you learnt many important lessons. Make sure you always take these lessons with you wherever you go and whatever you do. For completing the quest successfully and to never forget these lessons, I give you this special Bracelet of Wisdom.
Wow, look at me! This is so cool! My very own custom-made bracelet. Now I'll never forget these lessons! "Thank you, Mr Panda."
This was quite an adventure and it was a lot of fun!
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Posted May 17, 2008, 7:48 pm
It was really busy in the shopping centre and my host wasn't too pleased that it was so busy in the supermarket. She also said they didn't have everything she wanted. I can't imagine that, because they have so many different things! Anyway, here's a picture of what my host and her boyfriend bought. Can you spot me?
After putting away all the groceries, Charda asked me if I wanted to help her sort out the laundry. Of course I wanted to! Do you think I did it right?
And here my host and I put it in the washing machine. I didn't go in of course; I just wanted to make sure everything was in place.
And just when we were ready with the laundry, Charda's boyfriend had prepared dinner and it was ready! Of course I got my own plate. I asked her whether this was a typical Dutch meal, but she said that it wasn't. It was an Oriental meal based on curry and coconut with chicken and rice. It tasted really good!
I'm not sure what we're going to do tonight. Maybe I'll just watch some television together with Charda or I'll hang around with Yolanda and Jason. We'll see!
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Posted May 19, 2008, 10:35 pm
After dinner I helped Charda photograph all the postcards she had received in the last couple of weeks. There was quite a few of them. I wasn't such a great help when I sat on the postcard, so I watched from a distance when she did the others.
There was a full moon at night. You can't really see it very well, but the white spot next to my head is the moon
Today my host took me shopping. She had lots of things to buy and again she wasn't very happy about it. So she decided to take a rest and buy herself a cup of coffee. On this picture you see me next to the empty glass. She also gave me a sip of her latte macchiato. It tasted very good.
And when we were finally at home we drank some tea together. I even had my own cup. The tea was a 20-herbs tea. Being a faerie, I thought that was very interesting. This also tasted very good
At night my host prepared dinner and I helped her. It was a dish called Aardappel Anders. The ingredients were potatoes (aardappels), onions and cheese. The second picture is the result. It was delicious.
After dinner there was dessert of course! It was a kind of pudding with caramel flavour. I even had my own dish. So you see, they won't let me starve here! I hope I'll still fit in the envelope to travel to my next host in a few weeks time!
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Posted May 20, 2008, 3:54 pm
Here's another blue faerie like me, also with wings!
My host read me these poems. They weren't in the book, but they are about faeries.
When the last colours of the day
Have from their burning ebbed away,
About that ruin, cold and lone,
The cricket shrills from stone to stone;
And scattering o'er its darkened green,
Bands of the fairies may be seen,
Chattering like grasshoppers, their feet
Dancing a thistledown dance round it:
While the great gold of the mild moon
Tinges their tiny acorn shoon.
Walter de la Mare
I met a little elfman once,
Down where the lilies blow.
I asked him why he was so small,
And why he did't grow.
He slightly frowned, and with his eye
He lookes me through and through-
"I'm just as big for me" said he,
"As you are big for you!"
John Kendrick Bangs
If you see a fairy ring
In a field of grass,
Very lightly step around,
Tiptoe as you pass;
Last night fairies frolicked there,
And they're sleeping somewhere near.
If you see a tiny fay
Lying fast asleep,
Shut your eyes and run away,
Do not stay or peep;
And be sure you never tell,
Or you'll break a fairy spell.
William Shakespeare
I found a little fairy flute
Beneath the harebell blue;
I sat me down upon the moss
And blew a note or two.
And as I blew the rabbits came
Around me in the sun,
And little mice and velvet moles
Came creeping one by one.
A swallow perched upon my head
A robin on my thumb,
The thrushes sang in tune with me,
The bees began to hum.
I loved to see them all around
And wished they'd stay,
When down a little fairy flew
And snatched my flute away!
And then the swallow fluttered off,
And gone were all the bees,
The rabbits ran, and I was left
Alone among the trees!
Enid Blyton
"Oh! what shall I do?" sobbed a tiny mole,
"A Fairy has stumbled into my hole;
It is full of water and crewling things,
And she can't get out, for she's hurt her wings.
"I did my best to catch hold of her hair,
But my arms are short, and she's still in there.
Oh! help her, white rabbit, your arms are very long;
You say you're good, and I know your strong."
"Dont bother me," the white rabbit said-
She shut up her eyes and her ears grew red-
"There's lots of mud and its sure to stick
On my beautiful fur, so white and thick."
"Oh dear! oh dear!" sobbed the poor little mole,
"Who'll help the Fairy out of the hole?"
A little brown rabbit popped up from the gorse,
"I'm not very strong, but I'll try, of course."
His little tail bobbed as he waddled in,
The muddy water came up to his chin;
But he caught the Fairy tight by the hand,
And helped her get to Fairyland.
But she kissed him first on his muddy nose,
She kissed his face and his little wet toes;
And when the day dawned in the early light,
The common brown rabbit was silvery white.
Charlotte Druit Cole
My host told me that she found these poems on a website: Faerie Writings
You can also find other faerie-poems and stories there. I really liked to learn more about my fellow faeries. Maybe I'll even meet another faerie one day!
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Posted May 20, 2008, 9:52 pm
Mira, Yolanda and I
In the evening, the four of us decided to play a game of memory. We had a really nice time. Mira told some stories about the animals they have in Australia, like those big terrible spiders and I told her about the chiens, I mean dogs and other animals we have in France.
I almost won, but in the end Mira was the winner. I could have won if I wanted to of course, but I felt sorry for her, so I let her win. She's just a kid.
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Posted May 21, 2008, 11:38 pm
This is them feeding me a cup of 'ouzo', the original beverage from Greece. I liked the taste, though it was a bit strong for me.
Some time later the main course arrived. My host had ordered 'moussaka' and I got to eat along with her.
Between the courses I happily joined in the conversation.
I wanted to check the wine from up close, but not this close! I think this is not really a TV-sized bottle
Wow, this is strong stuff!
I think I liked this course best: the dessert! Lots of icecream and whipped cream. They all seemed to share anyway, so I just took my share
After dinner we were offered this orange liqueur. Mira was also offered a glass for her own, but she couldn't reach it, so they gave it to me. And luckily they also had a small glass for Mira
Because the restaurant where we were was really close to the Peace Palace in The Hague, we quickly stopped by to take a picture. It's a really impressive building.
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Posted May 22, 2008, 9:12 pm
This afternoon we went to Park Clingendael in The Hague. My host told me that she will have to work a lot next week and the week after that, so we might not get out much in the next weeks. But today the weather was nice, so we went outside. This is me in front of a typical Dutch scenery with the cows.
This is the name of the park where we were.
There were lots of pretty flowers all over the park. Here you can see some of them.
Isn't this a lovely picture for Spring: a goose with its children?
I felt really close to nature here. I could feel my fearie-blood tingle.
This is the sign at the entrance to the Japanese Garden. It is only opened a few months a year, so it's quite special that we were there.
This stork stood perfectly still for a very long time. Charda tells me that storks are the signature birds of The Hague.
Even though I really liked the tour of the park, I now wanted to run around and play a little. So Charda sat us down in a field and gave us a ball to play with. Here I am with Trafalgar, Mira and Jason. We had great fun!
After playing with the ball we just lay down for a little while. There wasn't much sun to sunbathe in, but it was nice and comfortable, also because we were tired from walking through the park and playing with the ball.
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Posted May 23, 2008, 9:07 pm
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Posted May 24, 2008, 5:45 pm
In the afternoon we were quite bored, until Yolanda came up with a great idea. "Let's play hide and seek!" she said. All of us were very excited and eager to participate. "Where is Troddy? He has to join us as well!"
"There he is, reading a magazine. Something about history it seems. Let me see if I can convince him to play along with us."
"Come on Troddy, get your nose out of the books and play with us!" *sigh* "Well, okay then."
Trafalgar joined the others. They decided that Yolanda was the one who would try to find the others.
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Ready or not, here I come!"
"I think I see Jason already."
"Yes, that's him. Why did you hide there, Jason?"
"Well, I couldn't see you, so you couldn't see me, right?"
"I don't think the teapot is supposed to look like that. I think I found Mira!"
"Aw, you found me so quickly. I thought I had a nice hiding place."
"Let me continue my search. Hey, that looks like Sylphide's wing!"
"Yep Sylphide, found you!
"Your wing was sticking out of the drawer." "Yeah, I thought I felt something, but I had to be quick and quiet."
"Okay, now let's find Troddy Trafalgar. Where would I be able to find him? Hey, that book is not supposed to be there!"
"Just what I thought: a book with a fuzzy creature behind it!
"Up here Troddy!"
"Hmm, too bad you already found me. I was enjoying that book. I love Dickens
"
"Well guys, that wasn't too difficult. I found all of you. I think that means..."
"that I won!"
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Posted May 25, 2008, 11:15 pm
Today we didn't do that much really. But we did have these great (and Dutch) bitterballen as a snack in the afternoon. These were awesome!
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Posted Jun 1, 2008, 5:04 pm
After we had dinner, we walked to the 'Binnenhof' in The Hague. I had already been there, but I hadn't seen this mountain of ice the last time I was here. I thought it was a strange sight.
Today I met two fantasy creatures. This is me with Gollum. He was really strange. He kept talking about this ring. I don't know what he meant, I didn't see a ring anywhere.
And I met this dragon. She was pretty nice.
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Posted Jun 5, 2008, 12:01 am
Here's a real quick update to show that I am still alive and doing well! Like she said, my host has to work all week, but here are some pictures to show you I am still fine!
These are the cards my host is going to send to fellow Postcrossers. I thought the pictures were very pretty.
And today two new friends arrived! They are not ToyVoyagers, at least not yet, and they are here to stay! My host got them on the forum and in return sent two bears to Threadbear in South Africa. Here are the two friends that came crawling out of the envelope.
And this is a group picture of all of us together. The cat took an immediate liking to Jason. I do think they look alike. Both cat-like, both the same posture...
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Posted Jun 5, 2008, 10:01 pm
Here's an unexpected update. Today another TV-friend arrived, a true TV this time! Her name is Ceryni. These are our first pictures together:
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Posted Jun 6, 2008, 10:51 pm
Last night we watched a movie together with our host. It was a BBC miniseries about the life of Charles II. Here you can see us watching it.
Unfortunately, most of us didn't really think it was that interesting, so we fell asleep on the couch, except for Trafalgar. He was enjoying it thoroughly!
And tonight we helped our host assemble the envelopes for a Postcrossing Round Robin. Just look at all those envelopes with tea! I'm just glad that I won't be leaving yet in one of those!
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Posted Jun 9, 2008, 9:54 pm
Tonight we watched television. There was a football match on TV. It's a very important match between Italy and the Netherlands in the European Championship. None of us are usually in favour of the Netherlands, but since we're here, we'll try our best
Our host's boyfriend said we should drink beer while watching soccer. We looked at the bottle and we decided against it.
This bucket of ice cream looked much more attractive than that bottle of beer!
The Dutch team won from Italy with 3-0! Everyone is really excited here! Except for my host, because she hates soccer. But everyone on the streets is yelling and shouting and singing, and cars are honking. I'm quite excited the match ended this way!
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Posted Jun 14, 2008, 8:11 pm
Here's our group picture. Well, tomorrow we're going to pack and then on Monday we'll be flying to England! How exciting!
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Posted Jun 21, 2008, 11:19 pm
Here's all of us in the hotel room. We'll talk later!
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Posted Jun 22, 2008, 6:20 pm
The flight went very smoothly. There were no delays and no turbulence. The plane was very full and it was impossible for my host to take any pictures. So this is where we arrived: London, England!
We were pretty early at the hotel, like 12 in the afternoon, so my hosts decided to go for a walk through the city. We went to the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, the Big Ben and the London Eye.
Westminster Abbey:
After that we walked to Buckingham Palace.
That was all we had seen the first day. My hosts were both very tired from the trip and from walking around, so they went back to the hotel early.
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Posted Jun 22, 2008, 9:13 pm
On the other side of the park was the Royal Albert Hall. This is me in front of the statue in front of the hall.
My host saw this bus coming by with this lovely advertisement. Isn't it impressive?
We went to Piccadilly Circus by Underground. Here's the proof
This is just a random spot in London.
After that we walked to Trafalgar Square. This is the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square. We didn't go in there today, but we did do so on Saturday, allthough we weren't allowed to take any pictures in there.
Here I am on Trafalgar Square.
This is quite an exceptional building in London.
Here I am in front of the Tower Bridge. Lovely picture, right?
That was all we saw on the second day of our trip to London
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Posted Jun 22, 2008, 10:20 pm
Today we went to the British Museum.
There were many interesting statues there.
My host said she just loved these Greek statues. They were very impressive.
This isn't Greek, I know, but Egyptian, but still very interesting to see it for real.
The architecture of this building is also very special.
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Posted Jun 22, 2008, 10:43 pm
On Friday we went to the Tate Britain museum. Again, we weren't allowed to take any pictures there, so there's just this picture.
In the afternoon we went to the Museum of London. This is me outside the museum. I know it says 'Useum of London', but the 'M' is just hidden behind the tree
After our visit to this museum we walked to St. Paul's Cathedral. It was really close by. We didn't go in though, so we only took these pictures from the outside.
When we came home (in the hotel) that afternoon my host wanted to take pictures of the hotel room, and of course we wanted to be on these pictures. This is us in the bathroom.
The bathtub was really big and comfortable, but the dogs didn't want to join us.
Our host Charda found this British bear in a souvenirshop and she decided to adopt him. He was all right, a bit posh maybe.
Our last group picture in England!
On Saturday we flew back home to the Netherlands, to our host's home that is of course. The plane on this next picture isn't our plane, because we were inside ours, but it was of the same airline.
And this is the view from the airplane while in the air. Cool huh, all those clouds.
So now we're back in the Netherlands. As you can see, we had a great time in England!
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Posted Jun 26, 2008, 7:11 pm
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Posted Jun 26, 2008, 7:35 pm
After we put her in an envelope, they said goodbye to both me and Trafalgar.
Here I am in embrace with Yolanda. I'll miss that girl.
And here's our last group picture together.
Now we're off to our new hosts!
Posted Jul 1, 2008, 1:20 pm
I arrived in Remscheid today!
My new host Katja found my envelope when she came home in her lunch break. But she did not find only one envelope, no, even two envelopes. In the other envelope must be a ToyVoyager who is also from the Netherlands like me.
My envelope as opended and I was welcomed by Katja, eagle Aquila and owl Desmond.
I had to crawl out of my envelope backwards. My wings were a little bit stiffy. It must have looked funny.
Then we opened the second envelope and Pip crawled out of it.
Pip is very glad to meet Desmond - they belong to the same mentor, Eryah.
I also brought a postcard from Charda with me, but unfortunately we forgot to make a photo. We'll do it later.
You'll hear from me soon.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 3, 2008, 7:06 pm
today we visited Müngsten Bridge, one of the touristic highlights in this region.
The Müngsten Bridge is the highest steel railroad bridge in Germany. The bridge is 107 metres high and spans over the valley of the river Wupper, connecting the cities Remscheid and Solingen. Originally the bridge was named Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke (emperor Wilhelm bridge), to honour emperor Wilhelm I. After the end of the monarchy the bridge was named after the district between Remscheid and Solingen.
Here we are on our way to the bridge. In the background you can see a little look-out pavilion. From there you have a stunning view over the valley.
Now you can see me under the bridge.
We walked along the promenade and had to walk uphill. Here you can see the valley with the bridge.
We went through the forrest for a while. I saw a very old tree with gigantic roots.
When we came back to the river we rested in the sun. We were sitting at the bank of the river Wupper.
Here you can see to the other side.
Close to the parking space we saw this map. I made a yellow marking at the place where we are living at the moment, the red one shows Müngsten Bridge.
Here you can see the bridge in comparison with other famous buildings, for example Cologne Cathedral.
It is really hot today. The weather forecast is expecting a thunderstorm in the evening, so we better stay at home.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 4, 2008, 10:01 pm
today I wanted to play with Katja's pets. She is keeping pet rats. They are cute with their pretty faces.
In the evening Katja put a little padding pool onto the floor. In the water a few slices of cucumber and also some maize kernels were "swimming". It is very warm in the apartment in the attic storey, so the pets need a little bit cooling.
We were sitting on a cardboard box next to the padding pool. One of the rats jumped into the pool, ate some pieces of the vegetables and got out of the water. She was sniffing at us. Another rat came sniffing at my backside and I fell into the pool. Of course I became wet. Katja tried to dry me with a towel. I spent the night on the clotheshorse.
Here you can see rat girl Claire sitting in the water, hunting cucumber slices.
This is Jordan, Claire's sister.
One of them hustled me into the water. But that was not dangerous for me - every elf can swim.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 4, 2008, 10:09 pm
today I had a look at the room of Katja's daughter. I met another elf there!
When Katja came home from work she brought today's mail with her. There was a small package in the mail. After we saw the package bounce on the table we opened it immediately. Wadworth arrived today.
Wadworth was born in a brewery and wants to taste beer all over the world. I think in our fridge is enough beer to share with Wadworth.
In the afternoon Katja went to IKEA in Düsseldorf with a friend. I was still a little bit wet, so I preferred to stay at home with Desmond. He wanted to write something into his notebook.
When Katja came home she carried a lot of things: Drapes, a mobile file cabinet, flowers, plants, a red bad, food and more.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 5, 2008, 8:07 pm
today we visited Düsseldorf, the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is situated on the River Rhine. We went there by train.
Here you can see us in the town centre. You can see the most famous shopping street of Düsseldorf: Königsallee.
We went through the old town looking for postcards. We planned to take a walk along the river Rhine.
Here you can see the old town hall in the middle of the old town.
This historic tower is built on a large space above the banks of the river Rhine.
The view across the river:
Here we are walking along the "Rheinterrassen", a large area with lawns and trees above the river banks. Many people were relaxing in the sun.
We went over a bridge to cross the river and walked back on the other side of the river.
The next photo is taken on the bridge back to the old town.
Katja and her friend rested in the beer garden of a nice restaurant. They had a drink and dinner there. We are back home now and we are all tired. We walked for hours in the sun, that's really exhausting.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 9, 2008, 11:29 pm
today we visited Katja's sister. She is living in Remscheid-Lennep, one of the oldest districts of Remscheid. It is about 770 years old.
First we were sitting in the garden, but it started raining in the afternoon. We had planned to walk through the old town to take some photos, but it did not stop raining.
We played in the garden, we were sitting in a wind wheel.
I met two little elfs, Aurelia and Morgaine. They are looking like me!
We also met a dragon who invited us to take a ride on his back. We were a little bit scared - look a his teeth!
In the evening Katja and her sister were sitting on the balcony, drinking a beer. We were sitting on the balcony railing. Of course Wadworth saw that they had a sort of beer that he did not taste until now, so he tried his best to get a hearty draught.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 10, 2008, 8:12 pm
today a new ToyVoyager arrived - Tilda from Australia.
First we only saw large feet. Pip thought it might have been a bunny. But it was not a bunny, it was Matilda, a kangaroo!
Tilda was very hungry so Katja made lunch for us. We had peach and cherries.
In the afternoon we took a walk. The weather was not so good, it was very warm and muggy. Poor Tilda, she's wearing a pullover.
First we went to the munciple park. Here you can see the observatory.
We went into the park.
There's a pond in the park, with ducks swimming on it. A lot of rhododendrons are situated at the banks of the pond, so that there is a lot of shadow. I rested in one of the trees.
Then we walked to a district called "Hasten", one of the oldest districts of Remscheid. Here you can see typical houses, covered with schist.
Here you can see a really old factory building. Nowadays a designer has his working place there.
This building is the museum of local history. Here you can see how people lived in ancient times. Katja promised us to visit the museum if the weather should stay bad.
In another small park you can find a pillar with the crest of the town and the names of the partner town engraved. Remscheid has a partner town in France - Quimper in Brittany.
Tilda will be surprised when meeting another Mathilda here. (She's black with little rounded ears, sharp teeth, long whiskers and an even longer tail=.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 12, 2008, 10:07 pm
today we helped Katja to cook a delicious soup with broccoli. We had broccoli, some deep frozen leek, green peas, vegetable stock, garlic and some spices.
First we put some fat into a pot and steamed leek, garlic and green peas, later we put the broccoli into the pot and added vegetable stock. It had to boil for a few minutes, then it had to be purreed. Because I am the largest I had to do all the work.
We addef salt, pepper and spices like nutmeg, basil, oregano and mixed herbes from the health food shop. When the soup was almost ready, we added some green cheese and sour cream.
The soup was really delicious.
In the late evening we were sitting on the kitchen's window sill, looking outside. We had two candles.
While we were sitting there and talking we broke a secret. We told Wadworth where we will go next week (we were supposed to keep it for ourselves). We will fly to Munich on Tuesday. We will stay there until Thursday. I have already visited Munich, I liked it very much there.
My host is keeping pet rats. I was sitting with Tilda in the corridor where some of them were running around. Rat girl Jordan came to smell at our feet.
Jordan seems to be a foot fetishist!
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 14, 2008, 10:50 am
today a new ToyVoyager arrived, just in time. It's Barnardo from England.
We have to pack our things now, we will have to be at Duesseldorf Airport at 08:20 am tomorrow. So we will have to get up very early tomorrow.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 19, 2008, 6:34 pm
today we went by train to International Airport Duesseldorf in the early morning. We were booked on a flight to Munich at 09:05 am. After the check-in we went to the observation deck. We hoped to see a few planes landing or starting.
We then got on board of our plane, an Airbus A 320.
Posted Jul 19, 2008, 7:10 pm
Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany. The town has about 1.35 million inhabitants.
We startet our visiting tour in the old town.
Here you can see Sendlinger Tor, part of the city's former fortification.
We were hungy and had lunch in a fancy doner kebap restaurant: Dönertier. It was opened by a Germany comedian, part of the famour duo Erkan & Stefan. Katja's daughter Alex was very anxious to visit this restaurant.
Erkan & Stefan created the "Dönertier", an animal that looks like a living kebap on it's spit. Alex wanted to buy such a plushy Dönertier.
Inside the restaurant we found a really exclusive interiour decoration, also many pictures showing the Dönertier.
We made our way though the old town. Here you can see the new town hall, located at Marienplatz.
We then climbed upon Peterskirche, about 300 stairs. From the church tower you have a good look over the city centre.
Here I am in front of the national theatre and the Residenz, whichs fassade is restaured at the moment.
To the same complex of buildings the Residence belongs, which is the former royal palace of the Bavarian monarchs. You can also find the Court Garden in this complex. In the middle of the park in French style a circular temple (built in 1615 A.D.) is crowned by a statue of Bavaria.
We went to English Garden, one of the world's largest urban public parks. First we rested in the Monopterus, a replication of a classical Greek temple, later we went to the Biergarten at the Chinese Pagoda to have a beer.
Katja had a surprise for us. She had contacted another ToyVoyager host who is living here in Munich. We met Pandamo in the evening. She also had some TovVoyagers to show them around.
We met at the German Museum, located on an island in the river Isar.
We saw some interesting things in the inner courtyard of the museum, for example this gigantic turbine, which belonged to a hydroelectric power station in China.
Here you can see a carousel close to the building of the museum and part of a ship's propeller.
We walked along the river Isar with Pandamo. We made some group pictures with the TVs Mocha, Bestik and Hurley.
We saw the Golden Friedensengel, which is standing on a pillar, 38 metres high. This statue reminds of the peaceful 25 years after the war between Germany and France in 1870/1871.
We walked along the river Isar back to the English Garden to have another beer, but this time a "Maß", the Bavarian word for 1 litre beer.
We talked and talked and became really tired. We went to our lodging in the late evening and went to bed immediately.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 19, 2008, 7:17 pm
yesterday my feet were hurting so bad that I did not want to go outside. I visited Munich already when I was here with Pandamo. It was nice to meet her again.
Today was our last day here in Munich. Yesterday in the late evening it started to rain and it did not stop until now.
In the morning we visited the Residenz, but you are not allowed to take any bag inside the museum. Photos can only be taken without flashlight. We had to stay in Katja's bag at the warderobe.
Our flight back home was at 3:15 p.m. so we had to leave Munich early.
Here we are at the airport in Munich.
This is our plane, again an Airbus A 320.
In the early evening we will be back home.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 19, 2008, 8:29 pm
yesterday Hendrieke arrived, a ToyVoyager from England. Hendrieke is a goose.
today we helped my new host Katja to prepare her "Rumtopf" (fruit in rum).
We needed cherries (500 g), white rock candy (500 g) and a bottle of rum with 54 % alcohol.
First we had to clean the cherries and to pit them.
Then we had to layer cherries and rock candy into the ceramic pot. Then you have to add rum until cherries and sugar are complete covered.
We put the lid on the pot and put in into the cellar, where it is dark and cool. In two weeks we will add apricots and peaches.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 22, 2008, 3:01 pm
today we met Felix, a travelling bunny. Felix is the main character of a popular children’s books series. When Felix is travelling, he sends letters home to his “host” Sophie. She is the little girl who owns Felix.
It was coincidence that Felix started travelling. He got lost on a holiday trip at the airport and made his journey round the world until he returned to his home. He became adventurous and started his next journey with the help of Sophie.
Here Felix is exploring space. He writes a letter to Sofie from space. In the Felix-books you can find real envelopes and real letters.
… and from the jungle …
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… and from other interesting locations like the sea bottom.
When he arrives safely at home Sophie is over the moon. Maybe she hopes that Felix will stay with her forever but he’s already thinking about new adventures.
Felix is like a ToyVoyager. I also hope to get home safely when I finished my adventures.
Here in Remscheid it is raining. On Thursday the weather will be better, the weather forecast says.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 23, 2008, 9:21 pm
today we went into the town centre. In the afternoon it stopped raining. Here you can see me at the central bus station and in front of the building of the local newspaper, Remscheider Generalanzeiger.
Here you can see me in front of one of the churches in the town centre.
This is a fountain which is especially loved by children. The fountain has a lot of water wheels and other moving and "spitting" things.
This is the public library.
Here you can see me in front of the shopping Mall Allee-Center
and inside the shopping mall.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Jul 25, 2008, 11:06 am
today we went to Hitdorf with Katja's parents. Hitdorf is a small town located at the river Rhine. We took a walk along the river there.
Here you can see a ferry dock. The cable ferry is crossing the Rhine the whole day to bring cars, pedestrians, cyclists and biker to the other side.
We rested on a bank.
I was swinging in a tree.
This is the river mouth of the Wupper. The river Wupper is opening into the Rhine here.
On the other bank a flock of sheep is grazing.
Bye
Sylphide
Posted Aug 2, 2008, 10:34 am
I'm on my way to Florida now. I hope I will arrive soon.
Bye
Sylphide